Ron
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Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Cultural tips for Chlorospatha?
> Lynn, just a quickie
>
> Experimenting with growing Spathiphyllum with entire root systems
submerged
> even above petiole bases (!!!) seemingly once they have "water roots" even
> when the compost is malodorous & the water stagnant, the plants still
> thrive. I have noticed the same in aquariums where their substrate sand
is
> blackened & presumably oxygen deficient submerged aquatics can remain
> healthy. I am not suggesting that stagnant water & malodorous compost
is
> an ideal growing situation only expressing my amazement at the tolerance
of
> such plants & their dogged persistence & tolerance. I gave many people
> Spath cultivars in pots & outer buckets filled with water this winter &
none
> of the plants have died in spite of the fact that some were in nocturnally
> unheated Irish houses in the dead of Winter. The temperatures must have
> dropped below 55F or even below 50F. Two years previously my target
> temperatures were above 70F & preferably above 80F, a massive charge on
> heating budgets. It would be interesting to hear of other aroid genera
> which will grow maybe better in water & how increasingly tolerant they are
> then of otherwise unfavourable environmental factors e.g Spathiphyllum
> cannifolium emersed in water seemingly thrive in full tropic sunlight but
if
> they dry out completely under such conditions its goodbye plant. A lot
of
> fundamental questions for which I needed to seek answers but it is now too
> late. After another eighteen months, the removal of my Spathiphyllum to
> Nancy & maybe Kew is imminent & had I the time, money, energy I would be
> reluctant to terminate custody of this genus. But I must give thanks for
> the precious gift of Life with other much greater gifts I was priveleged
to
> be born with & likewise garnered. Any person who cares deeply about life
&
> has an instinctive for how plants feel can be a fine gardener & Genevieve
> Ferry & Kathie King at Kew are prime exemplars for the Collection.
>
> Ron
>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 5:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Cultural tips for Chlorospatha?
>
>
> > ron---i think it's worth a try. i think they might well grow in such a
> > 'bog', if the water were kept 'fresh', but the medium breaks down so
fast
> in a pot,
> > when things are grown this way.
> >
> > lynn
> > Wonderful! Forget the boring lawn Gary & have a BIG pond full of your
> > delightful Spathiphyllum! The thick leaved species like S. cannifolium
> in
> > water apparently tolerate/thrive in sun but the most graceful thin
leaved
> > ones like lottsa shade. Lynn - I don't know anything about Chlorospatha
> > except from the literature but I sensed it might do well in hydroculture
> > once it had developed "water roots"?
> >
> > Best Wishes
> >
> > Ron
> >
>
>
>
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